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Addendum, 'An account of the meteorological instruments used at the Royal Society's house' by Henry Cavendish

Reference number: L&P/7/92a

Date: 1779

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Subject: Meteorology

Original paper published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the meteorological instruments used at the Royal Society's house.'

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Reference number
L&P/7/92a
Earliest possible date
1779
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Cavendish

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Henry Cavendish, Addendum, 'An account of the meteorological instruments used at the Royal Society's house' by Henry Cavendish, 1779, L&P/7/92a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_92a/addendum-an-account-of-the-meteorological-instruments-used-at-the-royal-societys-house-by-henry-cavendish, accessed on 23 January 2026

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